Strawberries with meringue and wild strawberries

Strawberries

• 150 milliliters water
  
• 1 tablespoon sugar
  
• 750 grams strawberries
  
• a handful of wild strawberries (or 1 bay leaf)
  

1. Put water and sugar in a small pan. If you go for the bay leaf syrup, add the bay leaf and boil on low heat until reduced a third, about 15 minutes. Allow to cool and add the strawberries.
2. If you make the version with wild strawberries, let them marinate in the finished and cold syrup for 15 minutes before you add the strawberries.

Meringue

• 2 egg whites at room temperature
  
• 100 grams sugar
  

1. In a clean bowl, whip the egg whites with an electric beater for at minute before adding the sugar, a spoon at a time until the mixture is thick and glossy. Best used within an hour or two.
2. Serve the berries with a doll-up of meringue and drizzle with some of the syrup.